Zomba13
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Kyle should handle all interviews with people that don't really care about the thing they are being interviewed for.
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The Final Bosman Show
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Kyle should handle all interviews with people that don't really care about the thing they are being interviewed for.
Like the guy in the $6000 suit is going to talk clearly for you. C'MON.
Agreed. He really should be the next host of the VGA's.
With Joel McHale of course.
False Witness
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No thanks. I can't stand cynical bullshit and Kyle really can't either.
I love his in-fighting about covering news
petethepanda
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Uncle Rupee
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Hilarious video this week. He also makes some really cogent points as to why DKC is better than Mario, especially in the story / raison-d'etre category. Also that plot twist 
Dat ending. Good video, made some fantastic points. I too would like to see Mario take place in an actual world like Tropical Freeze.
RadioactiveLobster
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You are coldhearted..... both of them.
Slackerchan
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I hope the coming episodes feature Bosman wearing a bandana and repeating all the statements he hears people say in the form of a question.
petethepanda
Member
So good. I don't want to know what kind of look was on my face when he first said Liquid Bosman :lol
I always find Kyle's reasons for liking games intriguing. Mainly because I can never really agree with them and I don't really hear them from anyone else, but I usually see where he's coming from. His reasons for liking DK more seem sort of arbitrary and random (especially for linear platformers, where I never really think that "being immersed in a world" is a big part of the game), but I still see his point.
The Xtortionist
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Dat roll jump
Thank you Kyle.
Thank you Kyle.
I harp on that all the time on other forums actually, lol. Completely agreed with every point he made.
Him fighting his arm already came off as a subtle wink at MGS, and when Liquid Bosman was mentioned I laughed my ass off. I was really hoping he'd look up and shoot "BROOOOOTHEEERR!"
OdysseusVA
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That would be pretty awesome
Tom Nook Sawyer
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How does this episode not have more comments? It was probably his best yet. And while I really liked 3D World, he nails it in how Tropical Freeze stomps all over it.
If you think that's cool, have you seen how much detail they put into DK's idle animation?
If you think that's cool, have you seen how much detail they put into DK's idle animation?
Yeah I saw this video earlier. Pretty awesome!
NullPointer
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For I am still basking in this episode's effulgent glory and have been rendered speechless until this very moment.
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Screen of the leaked season finale:
Awesome episode. I wonder how Solidus Bosman would look like and Naked Bosman.
Okay, I'd rather not know about the last one.
Awesome episode. I wonder how Solidus Bosman would look like and Naked Bosman.
Okay, I'd rather not know about the last one.
Well, in the arbitrary criteria Kyle picks, Tropical Freeze wins,
but whether they matter to you is subjective.
p.s.: and Luigi wins by default )
Now that is attention to detail
In Thanks for Playing there might be some coverage with him on some of those subjects.
RadioactiveLobster
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I'm trying to figure out if this is some reference I don't get or just a wrong word. I think you wanted to type "reason" and I have no idea how you managed to get wagon out of that.
Mermandala
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the power of please.
RSB
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Liquid Bosman or Bonnie Tyler? I'm not sure... LOL
Good episode BTW, and I agree, DK > Mario.
Hilarious video this week. He also makes some really cogent points as to why DKC is better than Mario, especially in the story / raison-d'etre category. Also that plot twist
he only makes points in the story/raison-d`etre category.
The Xtortionist
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Roll jump?
The Dutch Slayer
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bwhahahhahaahha that ending fantastic 
<3 Kyle
<3 Kyle
not even that, because he compares the aesthetics of the two first and foremost. you can long jump through levels in super mario 3d world too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8iKNtSVwc
The Xtortionist
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That's a good piece of evidence for the long jump but I feel it's by far the most extreme example of its usefulness. I took from it that Bosman was talking about the roll jump both aesthetically, in how powerful and dangerous it looks, but also mechanically, like how you can totally haul ass with it if you're good ("Propels him forward a great distance at a great speed" and "You can roll through the hardest levels like a boss").
The long jump is good for covering more ground a bit quicker but it isn't the end-all, be-all speedrun tool like the roll jump is in TF (and levels certainly aren't designed around long jumping specifically). Speaking generally, I think the roll jump is simply more drastic a maneuver than anything Mario has to offer. The long jump never made me feel like it let me think outside the box or circumvent anything (Champion's Road notwithstanding), while in DKCTF I constantly felt encouraged to take risky jumps in hopes of bypassing interactions or shortening platforming sequences. Why pull this lever or pluck this thing to make a platform appear when I can just roll jump over the gap? Or why jump from A to B to C when I can just roll jump from A to C? When I pull off a move like that, it feels satisfying, and mastery of the mechanic changes a player's perception of the level design. You start looking at stages as a series of roll jump points, which really changes the game's dynamic. And it feels amazing to figure that stuff out; plotting a series of roll jumps in a tough stage and executing is like parting the Red Sea.
On the other hand, I never really felt compelled to long jump in 3D World, other than to save time running from point A to point B. Any shining moments it had were fleeting at best for me. A useful tool, though not a memorable or essential one, for the most part imo.
...Welp, that was more in-depth than I had hoped. Take from it what you will.
i think it highlights the difference between the two games. i only played one level of dkctf, but from everything i've seen, it's similar to dkcr where it lacks vertical level design to switch things up. 3d world presents new ideas and more dynamic design elements, where donkey kong is focused more on mastering certain skills. it's basically a runner platformer without the autoscrolling.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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This. The long-jump actually had a much less useful or prominent role in 3D World than even previous 3D Mario games, such as Galaxy or 64.
Well there's your problem right there. I can recall several vertically-designed stages right off the bat.
well that's good. i look forward to getting around to playing it. i've been doing not what i usually do and taking work home with me for the last two weeks.